English Translation — Qiang Jin Jiu Novel

For the first time, Bai Yu’s mask slipped. He saw in Shen Zhao not a victim, but a predator wearing a prince’s face.

Thus began a game of silk and steel—each move a kiss or a knife. Shen Zhao would seduce the emperor’s daughter; Bai Yu would poison the emperor’s tea taster. They betrayed and saved each other in the same breath, until the night of the lantern festival, when Shen Zhao stood before the throne with a smile and a blade. qiang jin jiu novel english translation

The usurper fell. Shen Zhao took the throne, and made Bai Yu his chancellor—bound by a chain neither love nor hate could break. For the first time, Bai Yu’s mask slipped

“You taught me one thing, Your Majesty,” he said, as Bai Yu’s guards seized the court. “Trust is just a slower form of murder.” Shen Zhao would seduce the emperor’s daughter; Bai